Score card



June 24, 1930. a. LEvERsoN SCORE CARD Filed July 3, 1928 A TTORNE Y.

Patented June 24, 1930 PATENT OFFICE IBVING IB. LEVEBSON, OF HAWLEY,MZIIN'IESO'I'A SCOBE CARD Application flled July 8, 1928. Serial No.290,109.

My invention is an improvement in scorecards and relates more especiallyto that particular type in which the score is kept by means of amechanical device instead of writing figures on the card.' v

The primary object of my invention is to provide a mechanical score-cardof this general type which 'is simple in construction and easilyoperated and by means of which the score can be quickly registered sothat a correct result of the game or total score will be had, Withprovision for keeping a tally of points incidental to the game as itprogresses and which are part of the score, as

for instance in playing golf a separate tally may be kept of the numberof strokes to each hole and added to the number of strokes of all thepreceding holes; while in adapting the score-card for the game ofbaseball the number of runs, errors, and base hits may .be registered,and a temporary tab kept on balls and Strikes.

With this principal object in view my in- Vention consistsvin providinga card with notchesin two or more of its edges in connection With rubberbands or elastic cords attached to the card and engaging in one of thenotches of each series in keeping the score,.said notches for thepurpose being numbered to indicate the score according to those engagedby the rubber bands or elastic cords, all as hereinafter fully describedand specifically set forth in the appended claim.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a plan view of a score-card constructed inaccordance with my invention for use in connection with the game ofgolf;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the card;

F ig. 3 is a plan view illustrating the adaptation of my invention inuse in connection with the game of baseball, and

Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are sectional views through the card.

In carrying out my invention I employ a card of suitable material, ascardboard of the desired thickness, said card being rectangular in shapeand provided at one edge with' two series of semi-circular notches 5 Onumbered from zero to nine at opposite sides of the center line 6 asshown in the drawings, the two series being designated A and B forconvenience in ex laining the operation of keeping score as ereafterdescribed, and in association with these notches I employ elastics, asrubber bands 7 and 8, one for each series, attached to the body of thecard with their looped ends extending over that edge of the card inwhich the notches are formed to be shifted from one notch to another byslightly stretching the elastic so' that it will move over the wallsbetween the notches.

It will be noted that in the score-card illustrated in Fig. 1 thenumerals from zero to nine run in opposite directions from the centerline 6 whereby in keeping score for al golf game the numerals to theright are used in registering the score up to nine and then the numeralsto the left, or series A, are used in connection with the other series Bfor re istering a higher number, for instance, i the score at any timeis twentyfour the velastic band 7 will be in engagement with notch 2 ofseries `A while the elastic band 8 will be in engagement with the notch4 of series B, and when the score is fifty-six, said elastic bands arein engagement with notches 5 and (i of said series A and B, and so on.The rubber bands or elastics formin'g the loops wh'ich engage thenotches and record the score as hereinbefore explained may be attachedto the card in any suitable manner, but I prefer to use ordinary rubberbands whereby they may be'attached as shown in the drawings, that is, ineach instance I provide a retaining means, as h'oles 9 near the oppositeedge of the card with an entrance slit 9a leading from this edge of thecard to the hole whereby it is only necessary in attaching a rubber bandto merely press the portions of the card at the slit in oppositedirections sufliciently to pass the band through said slit into the holeso that when the slit is closed said rubber band will be firmly retainedor attached to the card. For keeping a temporary record or tally of thenumber of strokes to a hole one of the shorter ends of the card isllikewise provided with a series of semi-circular notches 10 en aged in alike manner to that hereinbefore (glescribcd by a rubber band 11attached to the opposite end of the score-card by means of hole 12 andslit 13; but of course it will be understood that the construction andarrangement may be lcarried out to keep scores and temporary records ortallies or other points in other games, as for instance baseball,football, etc.

In adapting the score-card for use in connection with baseball games theform of card shown in Figure 3 is employed in which the two series ofnotches 14 are formed at the upper edge of the card in association withthe rubber bands 15 and 16 in a somewhat similar manner to thatdescribed with reference to Fig. 1, but in this instance as the notchesare to register the score of contestants both sets of notches :n the twoseries C and D may be nunibered in regular order from left to right, andfor keeping tab on balls and Strikes, notches 17 and 18, designatedseries E and F are provided at one end of the card to be engaged by therubber bands 19 and 20 extending across to the other end of the card,while for the purpose of registering errors of both teams said other endof the card is also pro- Vided with notches 23 numbered to provideseries G and H engaged by the aforesaid rubber bands 19 and 20. Similarmeans may be also provided for registering the number of base vhits ofthe opposing teams by forming two series of notches 21 at the lower endof the card opposite those for registering the number of runs anddesignated I and K, being engaged by the rubber bands 15 and 16 operatedin conjunction With the notches in series C and D. In this adaptation ofmy invention the rubber bands are attached by having the oppo- 'sitelooped ends engage the notches in the opposite edges of the card withthe intermediate portions of said rubber bands stretched across the faceand back of the card, and consequently the retainin holes shown in Fig.1 are not required. t will thus be seenl that in the adaptation ofthescore-card for baseball games the total number of runs scored by eachteam is registered at the upper end of the card by series C and D; thata temporary tab can be kept on balls and strikes at the right hand sideof the card by series E and F; that the number of errors can beregistered at the left hand side of the card by series G and H, and thenumber of base hits registered at the other or fourth edge of the card,while a record may be kept of any other points in the game by enlargingthe card and increasing the number of series of notches in associationwith a corresponding increase in number` of rubber bands, and that therubber bands or elastics that are looped over the edges of the card maybe secured thereto in any other suitable manner than that shown; thus itwill be apparent that various modifications or changes may be made inthe construction and arrangement without departing from the s irit andscope of the claim.

I c aim:

A device for keeping a record of points or scores in the playing ofgames comprising a card having notches in one of the edges thereof and ahole through the card near the op osite edge with an entrance slitleading rom this ed e of the card to said hole, and a rubber and one endof which is looped over the notched edge of the card and the otherlooped end passed through the slit into the hole for retaining saidrubber band on the card and stretched across the front and back of thecard for flexible movement of said rubber band from one notch toanotherover the intervening wall in registering the score.

IRVING B. LEVERSON.

